here-wæsmun
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Nó ic méan herewæsmun hnágran talige gúþgeweorca ðonne Grendel hine, Beo. Th. 1358; B. 677. Thorpe reads wæstmum [see the use of wæstm in the plural] and translates 'in martial vigour.'
Linked entry: wǽsma
mán-sceaða
A wicked and harmful person ⬩ a sinner ⬩ one who wickedly does wrong
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A wicked and harmful person Se mánsceaða ( the fire drake ), Beo. Th. 5022; B. 2514. Se mánscaða (Grendel), 1428; B. 712: 1479; B. 737: (Grendel's mother), 2682; B. 1339. Míne myrðran and mánsceaðan ( evil spirits).
méd
Meed ⬩ reward
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Hé mé méde gehét, Beo. Th. 4275; B. 2134. Ðé sind gehealdene ðíne méda gewisse, Homl. Th. ii. 516, 24: Cd. 19; Th. 130, 29; Gen. 2167. Ðú médum scealt onfón, 141; Th. 176, 24; Gen. 2916. Bd. 4, 3; S. 568, 34
mis-fón
to fail to take ⬩ to mistake
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[Mine songe þah he beó god me hine mai misfonge (mis-apply, take wrongly ), O. and N. 1374:
Linked entries: mis-cirran fón
mundbyrdness
protection ⬩ A protector ⬩ patron ⬩ advocate ⬩ a protection of rights granted by charter
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Swá swá ic ǽr cwæþ ðínre ðære lícwurþan mundbyrdnysse, 108, 16. a protection of rights granted by charter Ic wille ðæt ðeós mundbyrdnesse beó strang volo ut haec confirmatio vim obtineat, Cod. Dip. Kmbl. iv. 202, 20: 205, 7.
nicor
a hippopotamus ⬩ a water-monster
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On nicera mere, Beo. Th. 1695; B. 845. Ic on ýðum slóg niceras nihtes, 848; B, 422 : 1154; B. 575. Nicras, 2859; B. 1427
ge-risene
Fit, convenient, proper ⬩ congruus, decens, conveniens
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Swá gerysne ne wæs as was not seemly, 76; Th. 94, 22; Gen. 1565: 9; Th. 11, 2; Gen. 169: Beo. Th. 5299; B. 2653. Hit is ealles gerisnost it is most fitting, Blickl. Homl. 205, 24
ge-metan
to measure, measure back or again ⬩ metiri, remetiri ⬩ to measure by traversing or going over ⬩ metiri transeundo
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And. 47, 2. to measure by traversing or going over; metiri transeundo And his cwén mid him medo-stíg gemæt and his queen with him measured the mead way [way to the mead-hall], Beo. Th. 1852; B. 924
ge-nǽgan
To approach one with anything, address, approach, assail, assault ⬩ adire aliquem aliqua re, appellare, instare alicui, urgere, tribulare
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Ðá hyne gesóhton Heaðoscylfingas, níða genǽgdon [MS. gehnægdan] when the martial Scylfings him sought [and] assailed [him] in the wars, Beo. Th. 4418; B. 2206.
wiþ-habban
To hold out against ⬩ to withstand ⬩ resist
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Ðæt wæs wundor micel, ðæt se wínsele wiðhæfde heaðodeórum, Beo. Th. 1548; B. 772. Þurh ða gedurstignysse ðe folces men wiðhæfton (-hæfdon ?) ðære gelómlícan mynegunge ðe úre láreówas dydon, L. Edg. S. 1; Th. i. 270, 24.
Linked entry: wiþer-habban
eornostlíce
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Beó ðú eornostlíce gebeógul esto consentiens, 4, 92. Swá eornestlíce ita duntaxat, An. Ox. 3211. Geornustlíce igitur, Angl. xiii. 439, 1062
sáwel-leás
without life ⬩ without soul
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Magoþegna bær ðone sélestan sáwolleásne, Beo. Th. 2817; B. 1406. Sáwulleásne, 6059; B. 3033 . Sáwelleásne, Exon. Th. 329, 21 ; Vy. 37. Héht ðá ásettan sáwlleásne, lífe belidenes líc on eorþan, Elen. Kmbl. 1751; El. 877.
wæcnan
To waken ⬩ arise ⬩ spring
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To waken, arise, spring Ne wæs hit lenge, ðæt se ecghete (secg hete, MS.) æfter wælníðe wæcnan scolde, Beo. Th. 171; B. 85. Of idese biþ eafora wæcned, Cd. Th. 144, 20; Gen. 2392. Þat ter walde wakenen of wif and weres somninge worldes weole, H.
Linked entry: a-wacnian
hord-gestreón
Hoarded, accumulated wealth, that which has been acquired and now forms a 'hord'
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Fox 14, 21; Met. 14, 11: Beo. Th. 6175; B. 3092. Mæst hlifade ofer Hroþgáres hordgestreónum the mast towered above the riches that had come from Hrothgar's hoard, 3803; B. 1899.
ofer-sittan
to sit upon, occupy, take possession of ⬩ to desist from, abstain from
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Ic gylp ofersitte I abstain from boasting, Beo. Th. 5050; B. 2528. Wit sculon secge ofersittan we shall abstain from the sword, not make use of swords, 1372; B. 684. [Cf. Prompt. Parv. ovyrsyttynge of dede or time omissio]
snúde
At once, quietly, directly ⬩ to walk fast
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Hét hine snúde eft cuman bade him quickly return Beo. Th. 3743; B. 1869. Se wyrm gebeáh snúde tósomne 5129; B. 2568. Snúde forsended 1812; B. 904: Exon. 231, 12; Ph. 488: Judth. Thw. 22, 8; Jud. 55: 23, 17; Jud. 125.
seowian
To sew
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Byrne, searonet seowed smiþes orþancum, Beo. Th. 816; B. 406. Golde siowode segmentata, Wrt. Voc. ii. 95, 49
ge-wǽde
A garment ⬩ clothing ⬩ vestimentum
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Wǽpen and gewǽdu arms and clothing, Beo. Th. 589; B. 292. Gewéde vestimentum, Mt. Kmbl. Lind. 3, 4. Mið his gewédum vestimentis ejus, 27, 31. He onféng cynegewǽdum purpuram sumpsit, Bd. 1, 6; S. 476, 19.
stóc-líf
A town, habitation
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Here have we no continuing city, Heb. 13, 14) ða whíle ðe ic on ðisse weorulde beó ge eác on ðam hécan háme ðe hé ús geháten hefþ he can make me dwell more at ease both in this transitory habitation, while I am in this world, and also in that eternal
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un-fæst
Not firm ⬩ unstable ⬩ unsteady ⬩ weak
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Oft ðeáh gebyreþ ðætte sume on monegum weorcum unfæste beóð ongietene quid per carnes nisi infirma quaedam ac tenera acta signantur? Et plerumque contigit, ut quidam in nonnullis suis actibus infirmi videantur, Past. 34; Swt. 235, 14-17.